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Hey WI voters. Did you know you have more power than Elon Musk? You have the right to VOTE in the April 1 election for WI Supreme Court judge. Musk doesn’t. Please vote for SUSAN CRAWFORD. She’s an actual judge who upholds the law. The other guy is a Trump kiss ass #Voices4Victory
Elon Musk’s America PAC and Building America’s Future disclosed spending about $17M on Wisconsin’s court race.
Backing the same candidate are billionaire Richard Uihlein and Americans for Prosperity, a dark-money group founded by the Koch brothers.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
Backing the same candidate are billionaire Richard Uihlein and Americans for Prosperity, a dark-money group founded by the Koch brothers.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
Wisconsin Tried Campaign Finance Reform. It Ended Up With the Most Expensive Court Race in U.S. History.
Ten years ago, Wisconsin approved unlimited political spending. Now, as spending for its Supreme Court race surpasses more than $80 million, some campaign reformers are wondering if the state is…
propub.li
March 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Hey WI voters. Did you know you have more power than Elon Musk? You have the right to VOTE in the April 1 election for WI Supreme Court judge. Musk doesn’t. Please vote for SUSAN CRAWFORD. She’s an actual judge who upholds the law. The other guy is a Trump kiss ass #Voices4Victory
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Of course they fucking were.
RIP to the U.S. Institute of Peace — nearly all staff members have been fired.
March 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Of course they fucking were.
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So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?
International tourism is worth $200 billion every year to the US economy.
Sorry, *was.
Sorry, *was.
March 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?
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Of course they have.
In other news, Iran, North Korea, and Israel have reached out to the newly unemployed nuclear scientists offering them positions their respective nuclear arsenal programs.
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Guts U.S. Nuclear Agency
DOGE cuts have hit some of the country’s top nuclear scientists.
newrepublic.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Of course they have.
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Officially more kids with measles in Texas than trans athletes in all of the NCAA, but please, go on about the important issues…
#TodaysGOP
#TodaysGOP
March 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Officially more kids with measles in Texas than trans athletes in all of the NCAA, but please, go on about the important issues…
#TodaysGOP
#TodaysGOP
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Do you know what you call a German during WWII who was “just following orders?”
NEW: Judge bristles at Trump administration's claims that it didn't violate his order to turn around planes deporting Venezuelans. James Boasberg calls DOJ argument it doesnt have to comply with oral orders 'a heck of a stretch.' www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
The judge who tried to stop the deportation planes is not happy with the Trump administration
Judge James Boasberg is demanding answers about the three planes that rushed Venezuelan nationals from the U.S. to El Salvador over the weekend.
www.politico.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Do you know what you call a German during WWII who was “just following orders?”
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All facts. They put a Russian agent in charge of our intelligence agencies.
March 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
All facts. They put a Russian agent in charge of our intelligence agencies.
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This so-called “press release” from Pam Bondi is wildly inappropriate and factually and legally inaccurate.
How far the DOJ has fallen from grace…
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/state...
How far the DOJ has fallen from grace…
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/state...
Statement from Attorney General Pamela Bondi on Federal Judge Blocking Deportations
“Tonight, a DC trial judge supported Tren de Aragua terrorists over the safety of Americans. TdA is represented by the ACLU. This order disregards well-established authority regarding President Trump’...
www.justice.gov
March 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This so-called “press release” from Pam Bondi is wildly inappropriate and factually and legally inaccurate.
How far the DOJ has fallen from grace…
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/state...
How far the DOJ has fallen from grace…
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/state...
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I am still pissed about this.
This is Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense. Labeling the highest ranking black Medal of Honor recipient “DEI.” Pure racism. My latest post. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
March 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I am still pissed about this.
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There is something wrong when the supposed president of the United States ignores the storm victims, for golf. This is not normal and it shows how much he really cares about the American people.
March 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
There is something wrong when the supposed president of the United States ignores the storm victims, for golf. This is not normal and it shows how much he really cares about the American people.
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My name is Isaiah Martin and I’m running for Congress.
We can’t solve today’s problems with yesterday’s politics.
Repost and follow if you’re ready to send Donald Trump a message that Democrats are ready to FIGHT BACK!
We can’t solve today’s problems with yesterday’s politics.
Repost and follow if you’re ready to send Donald Trump a message that Democrats are ready to FIGHT BACK!
March 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My name is Isaiah Martin and I’m running for Congress.
We can’t solve today’s problems with yesterday’s politics.
Repost and follow if you’re ready to send Donald Trump a message that Democrats are ready to FIGHT BACK!
We can’t solve today’s problems with yesterday’s politics.
Repost and follow if you’re ready to send Donald Trump a message that Democrats are ready to FIGHT BACK!
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Republicans snuck a provision into the rule for the CR that would preemptively surrender congressional authority to block tariffs.
When House Republicans vote for this rule today, they will also be voting to support Trump's tariffs and all the resulting damage to the US economy
When House Republicans vote for this rule today, they will also be voting to support Trump's tariffs and all the resulting damage to the US economy
March 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Republicans snuck a provision into the rule for the CR that would preemptively surrender congressional authority to block tariffs.
When House Republicans vote for this rule today, they will also be voting to support Trump's tariffs and all the resulting damage to the US economy
When House Republicans vote for this rule today, they will also be voting to support Trump's tariffs and all the resulting damage to the US economy
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The White House Press Secretary just wrapped up her press conference, and let’s be clear—the White House is gaslighting you as the country burns. Here is everything you need to know.
Karoline Leavitt Gaslights The American Public During Her Press Briefing
Don't let her.
meidasnews.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The White House Press Secretary just wrapped up her press conference, and let’s be clear—the White House is gaslighting you as the country burns. Here is everything you need to know.
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Leavitt: Tariffs are a tax hike on foreign countries and a tax cut for the American people
Reporter: Have you ever paid a tariff? I have. They don’t get charged on foreign countries
Leavitt: I think it’s insulting that you are trying test my knowledge on economics
Reporter: Have you ever paid a tariff? I have. They don’t get charged on foreign countries
Leavitt: I think it’s insulting that you are trying test my knowledge on economics
March 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Leavitt: Tariffs are a tax hike on foreign countries and a tax cut for the American people
Reporter: Have you ever paid a tariff? I have. They don’t get charged on foreign countries
Leavitt: I think it’s insulting that you are trying test my knowledge on economics
Reporter: Have you ever paid a tariff? I have. They don’t get charged on foreign countries
Leavitt: I think it’s insulting that you are trying test my knowledge on economics
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The definition of pay-to-play.
SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a…
buff.ly
March 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The definition of pay-to-play.
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The road to authoritarianism is paved with this trope—the dire pending calamity that only the strongman has seen, and which only he can solve.
Beware Trump’s Talk of Coming “Emergencies”
Far-right rhetoric is suffused with dark talk of impending calamities. It’s a favorite trope of autocrats who are, themselves, the calamity.
newrepublic.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The road to authoritarianism is paved with this trope—the dire pending calamity that only the strongman has seen, and which only he can solve.
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MAGA Republicans have decided to ignore their constituents
March 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
MAGA Republicans have decided to ignore their constituents
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The 2025 Project was specifically designed so that responses would take time. That's how evil and worthless Republicans are.
The lawsuit, filed by Elias Law Group on behalf of the three national Democratic committees, challenges an expansive executive order Trump issued earlier this month that would give him unprecedented power over key regulatory agencies that were designed to operate without direct White House control.
Democrats Sue Trump Over Attempt to Control Independent Election Agency
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The 2025 Project was specifically designed so that responses would take time. That's how evil and worthless Republicans are.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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The White House boasted the Declaration of Independence was written in English to justify repealing a 2000 federal language access executive order.
Fact: The Declaration was translated into German and published in the colonies even before many of the original signers added their signatures to it.
Fact: The Declaration was translated into German and published in the colonies even before many of the original signers added their signatures to it.
March 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The White House boasted the Declaration of Independence was written in English to justify repealing a 2000 federal language access executive order.
Fact: The Declaration was translated into German and published in the colonies even before many of the original signers added their signatures to it.
Fact: The Declaration was translated into German and published in the colonies even before many of the original signers added their signatures to it.
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HITTING THE DOCKET:
Judge Amy Berman Jackson rules that Trump illegally fired Hampton Dellinger, the Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
Judge Amy Berman Jackson rules that Trump illegally fired Hampton Dellinger, the Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov
March 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
HITTING THE DOCKET:
Judge Amy Berman Jackson rules that Trump illegally fired Hampton Dellinger, the Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
Judge Amy Berman Jackson rules that Trump illegally fired Hampton Dellinger, the Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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honest to God 10/1 the MAGA cult thinks that “their app does it better” and has no idea who is providing the data, the brilliant scientists and meteorologists at @nws.noaa.gov etc i’m so deeply saddened by this news 💔 crushing blow
“My weather app does it better!”
-Weather Watches/Warnings? NWS
-Forecast data? NWS
-Observations? NWS
-Satellite? NOAA/NESDIS
-Futurecast modeling data? You guessed it, NWS (via EMC).
-Climatology data? The weather data compiled over a long period by techs.
-Outlooks? NWS
Food for thought. 💭
-Weather Watches/Warnings? NWS
-Forecast data? NWS
-Observations? NWS
-Satellite? NOAA/NESDIS
-Futurecast modeling data? You guessed it, NWS (via EMC).
-Climatology data? The weather data compiled over a long period by techs.
-Outlooks? NWS
Food for thought. 💭
February 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
honest to God 10/1 the MAGA cult thinks that “their app does it better” and has no idea who is providing the data, the brilliant scientists and meteorologists at @nws.noaa.gov etc i’m so deeply saddened by this news 💔 crushing blow
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Elon Musk falsely accused prominent lawyer and CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen of leading a “crime family” after he discovered a woman with the same last name who worked for an organization that accepted funds from USAID.
The only problem? The woman, Tamar Eisen, is of no relation to Norm Eisen.
The only problem? The woman, Tamar Eisen, is of no relation to Norm Eisen.
Musk Makes Big Mistake While Trying to Smear CNN Legal Analyst
The billionaire DOGE chief found a woman with the same last name as a lawyer he hates. Cue the conspiracy.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Elon Musk falsely accused prominent lawyer and CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen of leading a “crime family” after he discovered a woman with the same last name who worked for an organization that accepted funds from USAID.
The only problem? The woman, Tamar Eisen, is of no relation to Norm Eisen.
The only problem? The woman, Tamar Eisen, is of no relation to Norm Eisen.